Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
10:48 pm Sunday, November 20, 2016

Cleston Odell West

Cleston Odell West, age 57, of Haleyville, passed away Nov. 18 at his residence.

Odell was a diehard Alabama fan, ROLL TIDE!

The visitation was 6-9 p.m. Nov. 20 at Spry Memorial Chapel in Russellville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. November 21 at Spry Memorial Chapel with burial following at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Cleston and Mary Ellen West; and brother, Wayne Burnett.

He leaves to cherish his memory his son, Josh West and wife Stephanie; brother, Ernest West; sister, Diane Roche; and several nieces and nephews.

The pallbearers will be Gary Kay, Ray Lay, Josh Richie, Zach Fragale, Rick Armstrong, Shane Goss, Chris Vanriper and Mike Roche.

The family would like to thank owner Tammy Rowe Batchelor and the staff of Rowe Machinery for your many acts of kindness during Odell’s illness.

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